Granville Palin, 39, of Bush Avenue, was stopped
around 8:20 a.m. while driving his Ford Expedition SUV near Jules Drive and Richmond Avenue, Graniteville,
court papers said. Officers had a search warrant for his vehicle and home, said
a law-enforcement source.

Cops allegedly found two blanks sheets from the
doctor’s prescription pad in Palin’s pocket and seven other blank sheets in the
glove compartment. No pills were recovered, and police are investigating whether
Palin obtained prescription drugs with other sheets from the pad, the source
said.

It was not immediately clear how Palin obtained the
prescription sheets. The source said Palin did not know the doctor whose name
was on them and the physician did not know him.

In March, authorities broke up an related fraud ring
here that allegedly used a stolen prescription pad to obtain roughly 21,000
oxycodone pills. District Attorney Daniel Donovan said the suspects either used
the drug recreationally or sold them for as much as $20 a pill.

Palin was charged with misdemeanor counts of
stolen-property possession and aggravated unlicensed vehicle operation. Court
records said he was driving with a license that had been suspended at least
three times.

Advance records show Palin was sentenced in September
1996 to six months’ house arrest and five years’ probation after pleading guilty
to a felony count of attempted drug sale.